We’re having a meet at Heathy Lea this Saturday (28 Feb) and Sunday (1 March) to help get the hut open again. There are tasks available for everyone, indoors and outside. So, if you would like to help, the club will be very grateful.
This years summer alpine meet takes us to the Val Cenis in the Vanoise National Park. We’ll be staying at Termignon, a small alpine village that has everything you need and is also the terminus for the summer access bus to the higher valley car parks that give access to the inner mountains (NB access […]
Lots of opportunities for climbing, scrambling and walking here. I’m planning to camp at the Glen Nevis campsite which is walking distance from Fort William and close to the climbing on the Ben and Glen Nevis. The hope is to do some mountain rock routes on the north face. If the conditions aren’t right then […]
Yes, there really is a walk on April Fools Day!Meet at the car park by Weag’s Bridge (SK099542) at 10:15 for a 10:30 departure. The route takes us through Wetton, to Ecton Hill, passing by Warslow before heading first south and then east to Wetton Mill, where afternoon tea could be taken, before strolling down […]
Meet at Black Rock Car Park (SK291557) by the Kiosk/Toilet at 10:15 for a 10:30 departure.The route essentially circumnavigates Alderwasley. From Black Rock we pass through Bolehill, picking our way south easterly before dropping down and through Shining Cliff Woods and joining the Midshires Way which we follow to the High Peak Trail which takes […]
The walk on the day of the A.G.M. will start at Alport Height NT free car park at 10.00.am It’s 18km 414m ascent and will take around 5 hours. A circular route to Idridgehay, Kirk Ireton, Carsington Water (WC + picnic benches) with a more northerly return route. A lot of the route is on […]
This walk has moved a week earlier than usual to stay clear of the A.G.M. Walks. The rendezvous (specially chosen to be near the Oread population centre) will be Minninglow car park on High Peak Trail (map reference SK193582)) The car park is of course on the highway whereas Minninglow Hill proper is on the […]
From Peaks to Peat … looking after our uplands – Steve Charles BMC The Fishpond pub (Ballroom), Matlock Bath 7pm for 7:30pm start.As walkers, climbers and mountaineers we inevitably end up ‘taking’ from the places we love. Steve is going to talk about some of the conservation pressures on our uplands and mountains and ways […]
Having been to the Anti Atlas the last three years in November I thought it’s time for a change in 2026, an adventure awaits on the sandstone monoliths of the Wadi rum desert. The climbing was established back in the late 80s by Tony Howard (not Oread Tony Howard). The grading has been done in […]